Car-fender.



No; 820,317. PATENTED MAY a, 190e. J. A. SAGE.

GAR FENDER.

APPrLIoATIoN Hmm M131. 1905.

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CAR-FENDER.

Speccaton of Letters Patent.

Patented May 8, 1906.

Application filed March 31, 1905- Sellal N0. 253,007.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J EARUM A. SAGE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Stryker, in the county of I/Villiams and State of Ohio, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Fenders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in fenders for cars, and more particularly for trolley and cable cars, its object being to provide a device which will effectually prevent the car from running down and injuring persons and one which automatically adjusts itself to all curves in the railway-track.

To these ends my invention consists in certain novel features of construction, opera* tion, and combination of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical section of the front portion of a car, showing my improvement attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a top plan View of the running-gear and framework of the front end of a car with parts broken away. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the automatic adjusting mechanism.

In carrying out my invention I provide a curved sill 1, which is attached to the front end of car-frame 2 or directly to the car itself. Said sill usually projects a suitable distance beyond the plane of the dashboard of the car, though it may be under the front end of the car, and thus protected from the elements.

3 is a plate secured to the forward truckframe and supports the front truck 4 by means of the central king-bolt 5, projecting therefrom at its center.

6 is a plate adjustably secured to late 3 by means of headed pins 7 passing tIirough the elongated slots 8. Said plate 6 has at its center an upwardly-projecting pivot-pin 9, on which is fitted one end of a rod 10, the other end of said rod being screw-threaded.

11 is a turnbuckle fitting the threaded end of rod 10, and in vthe other end of the turnbuckle is screwed the threaded end of another rod 12, thethread on the end of rod 12 being the reverse of that on the end of rod 10. These rods 10 and 12 and the turnbuckle 11 form an adjustable link connection between the trucklate 3 and the end of a bell-crank lever 13, t e forward end of which is split and diverges, forming the branches 13a, the forward ends of which are turned up in front of sill and then bent backwardly and downwardly to form hangers 13b for antifrictionrollers 14, which rest on the sill 1, which forms a track for them. The bell-crank lever 13 is pivotally connected to the frame of the car by a pin 15, projecting downwardly from a plate 16, rigidly secured to a cross-bar 17, located forward of the front truck of the car.

18 is a plate of suitable size and shape secured to the under side of the branches 13aL of bell-crank lever 13 near their front ends. To this plate 18 is secured the fender proper, 19, which, although here shown as of the curved slatted type, yet may be of any suitable form and construction. y

The rollers 14 carry the weight of the fender on the sill 1 as it shifts from side to side and also relieves greatly friction thereon.

It will be observed that by this my improvement the fender will be caused to follow the direction of truck on all curves, whether long or short, and will assume such a position that it will always be' at the proper place to protect people from danger, especially at crossings where the streets are usually crowded.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with a car and a truck pivotally hung thereto, of a fender-carrier frame pivotally secured to the carin advance of the pivotal connection of the car and truck and supported at its upper end on the front end of the car, and means connecting said fender-carrier frame with the truck to cause the carrier-frame to swing in unison with the truck.

2. The combination with a car and a truck pivotally hung thereto, of a fender-carrier frame supported at front end on the front end of the car-body and pivotally secured at its rear end to the car in advance of the pivotal connection of the car and truck, and means connecting said carrier-frame with the vtruck to cause the carrier-frame to swing in unison with the truck.

3. The combination with a car and a truck pivotally hung thereto, of a fender supported at its upper end on the front of the car, a plate or bar rigidly connected at its front end to the fender and pivotally connected at its rear end to the under side of the car, a side extension or arm at the rear end of said plate or bar, and a link pivotally connecting said side extension with the car-truck.

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4. The combination with a car and a truck ivotally hung thereto, a curved sill at the liront end of the car, of a fender su ported on said sill, a bell-crank lever ivote to the under side of the car or its rame and rigidly connected at its front end to the fender, a link pivotally connecting said bell-crank lever with the pivoted truck.

5. The combination with a car and a truck ivotally hung thereto, a curved Sill at the iront of the car forming a track, of a fender having upward extensions bearing on said sill or track, a bell-crank lever rigidly secured at its forward end to said fender and at its apex to the under side of the car or its frame and an adjustable link ivotally connecting the arrn of the bell-cran i lever with the pivoted truck.

6. The combination with a car and a truck pivotally hung thereto, a curved sill or track at the front of the car, an angled lever pivot- Vangled lever.

ally secured at its apex to the under side of the car, and having its forward end extended upwar. ly to form a hanger, an antifrictionroller carried by said hanger and bearing on the curved sill or track, an ad'ustable link pivotally secured at one end to t e arm ofthe angled lever and its opposite end adjustably secured to the pivoted truck, and a fender rigidly secured to the forward portion of the 7. The combination with a car and truck ivotally hung thereto, of a fender-carrier trarne pivoted at its rear end to the car and overhung and supported at its front end on the front of the car, ani antifriction-rollers interposed` between the overhangin portion of the fender-frame and the front o the car.

JEARUM A. SAGE. Witnesses:

J. E. MEEK, A. F. YOUNG. 

